Genetic Counselling – Need of the hour !
Don't you think the time has come for people to now match their Karyotype Analysis along with their kundlis prior tying knots ? Why ? Because of Genetic Disorders. One of the recent trends in Healthcare and Human Welfare is ‘ Genetic Counselling ’, whose main aim is to identify individuals or families who may run a high risk for genetic disorders. Such genetic disorders may arise because of the exposure of individuals to certain special circumstances (eg : Radiation Effect) or due to related inheritance. The Committee on Genetic Counselling 1975 defines it as “ A communication process which deals with the human problems associated with the occurrence or the risk of occurrence of a genetic disorder in a family ”. By this process a trained person tries to help an individual or a family :- To understand the various aspects of genetic disorders. The contribution of heredity to the disorder. The probability of its future occurrence in the family. Possible steps to be taken